Hi, I'm Rachel.

I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

I'm a woman in the messy middle, wife, mom, Christian, content creator, homemaker, curly-haired girl, and deeply curious researcher who wants to understand what I'm putting into my body and bringing into my home. I believe in whole-person living, intentional choices, and asking better questions. But more than anything, I'm a woman who wholeheartedly relies on God in every facet of my life. I'm here to share what I'm learning about faith, nourishment, healing, and intentional living, not from a place of having it all figured out, but from the middle of it all.

Come sit. Stay a while.

Before I knew what was happening to me...

I was seven when my body began whispering something I couldn't understand. One moment I was laughing on a hammock. The next, I was on the concrete, headfirst. Was that where it began? Or was something already unfolding inside me? I didn't know. I only knew that the pain came quietly afterward. Sleepless nights. Aching joints. A body that didn't feel like everyone else's. For years, I learned how to hurt quietly while everyone around me tried to figure out why. And somewhere along the way, I began wondering if maybe I was the problem.

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Same little girl.

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THROUGH THE PAIN...

Years later, I fell from a horse and landed in an ER that would finally give my pain a name. Fibromyalgia. I was told I could be bedbound for a long time. Then came the medications. Dozens of them over the years, each one promising relief while leaving me feeling less and less like myself. But there was something those doctors didn't know. They didn't know my God. My story wasn't finished. Then life broke in other places, too. Divorce. A marriage I thought would be forever ending . I eventually remarried, and then found myself facing another kind of heartbreak. Different circumstances. Same wound. But I truly loved the man standing beside me. And through every heartbreak, God was doing something I couldn't yet see.

But even there...
God was still at work.

Not because
I have it all
figured out,
but because
I trust the One
who holds it all.

THE GOOD THINGS THAT SHIFTED...

My husband introduced me to a different way of thinking about food and everyday life. But he didn't change me. I had to want the change, too. And I did. I became determined to understand my body instead of simply fighting against it.

I started paying attention.

Reading labels.

Researching ingredients.

Changing what I ate.

Changing what I brought into our home.

Making one intentional choice, then another. The shift wasn't overnight. And it wasn't a miracle cure. But little by little, I began to feel more like myself again. Hope returned. And with it came a deeper realization: God could use even the hardest parts of my story.

And slowy... hope returned.

Still a work in progress. A wife of ten years. A mom to three wild, wonderful boys. A woman who has walked through physical pain, heartbreak, betrayal, and seasons I never would have chosen. And somehow, through all of it... I am still here. Still learning. Still healing. Still asking questions. Still choosing to show up. Still believing that God is good. I haven't had an easy life, physically or emotionally. But I am deeply blessed. And highly favored. Not because everything has gone the way I wanted... but because I know Who has carried me through it.

TODAY, I'M...

Still here. Still His. Still becoming.

MY MISSION

Salt & Sustenance was born from the messy middle. From learning that nourishment is about more than what we put on our plates. It's about what we allow to fill our souls, shape our homes, guide our choices, and form the lives we've been entrusted with. I want to help women move from survival to true sustenance by nourishing the soul first, then faithfully stewarding the body, home, and everyday life through faith, real food, and intentional rhythms. Because I don't believe we're called to perfect our lives. I believe we're called to faithfully steward them. And ultimately, every road I walk here leads back to Jesus.

FAITH • NOURiSHMENT • STeWARDSHIP